I am earning my degree in Early Childhood Education and I have worked in the field for 22 years. A good part of my day consist of dealing with behavioral issues, and I believe many of these issues are caused from lack of sleep. The Journal I chose is “Manipulating Sleep Duration Alters Emotional Functioning and Cognitive Performance in Children” It was just last week I had a conference with a parent, during the conference the parent revealed her son was only getting about 5-6 hours of sleep a night, this highlights several of my concerns. I explained to her that a two year old child should be getting about 11 hours of sleep a night. So it was blatantly obvious when scrolling through the journals, which one I should pick. Although this study
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“We predict that shorter sleep would increase negative emotions, decrease positive emotions, and impair emotion regulation, mood, and cognitive performance (e.g. memory, attention)” (Vriend et al. 1). Monday mornings can be extremely difficult, and my speculation is, busy weekends equals miserable Mondays for my students. I gave all my families a sleep chart by age, hoping this would help parents understand the importance of a good night’s sleep for their child.
The study was conducted with an independent variable of sleep manipulation. The study of 32 children was 3 weeks long. The first week was a log of regular sleep patterns; the second week was split into two groups. The first group went to bed 1 hour later, the second group went to bed 1 hour earlier, then the third week they switched. The study seemed to focus more on the negative effects from lack of sleep. The Dependant Variable was the outcome of effects from this study. Emotion Regulation, Short-Term and Working Memory, Attention, and Math Fluency were all …show more content…
Our society as a whole is extremely busy; we are on the go from the time we wake up till the time we go to bed. I think families have a tendency to over load their children’s schedules. Kids wake up, go to school, come home and do homework, go do extracurricular activities such as sports, eat dinner and go to bed, there is no “down” time. This is not going to change, but what we can do is give families more information on the importance of sleep. A well rested child will have better cognitive function and stable emotion regulation. As a result, they will have a better chance of succeeding with school and other activities.
I found this study very informative and it provides me with more confidence when I speak with parents about their child. Educating families on the importance of healthy sleeping habits can reduce the risk of negative outcomes. With this in mind, I would like to see more studies on this topic conducted with several different ages. In the hope that it could foster a better relationship between teachers, parents and health care
“We predict that shorter sleep would increase negative emotions, decrease positive emotions, and impair emotion regulation, mood, and cognitive performance (e.g. memory, attention)” (Vriend et al. 1). Monday mornings can be extremely difficult, and my speculation is, busy weekends equals miserable Mondays for my students. I gave all my families a sleep chart by age, hoping this would help parents understand the importance of a good night’s sleep for their child.
The study was conducted with an independent variable of sleep manipulation. The study of 32 children was 3 weeks long. The first week was a log of regular sleep patterns; the second week was split into two groups. The first group went to bed 1 hour later, the second group went to bed 1 hour earlier, then the third week they switched. The study seemed to focus more on the negative effects from lack of sleep. The Dependant Variable was the outcome of effects from this study. Emotion Regulation, Short-Term and Working Memory, Attention, and Math Fluency were all …show more content…
Our society as a whole is extremely busy; we are on the go from the time we wake up till the time we go to bed. I think families have a tendency to over load their children’s schedules. Kids wake up, go to school, come home and do homework, go do extracurricular activities such as sports, eat dinner and go to bed, there is no “down” time. This is not going to change, but what we can do is give families more information on the importance of sleep. A well rested child will have better cognitive function and stable emotion regulation. As a result, they will have a better chance of succeeding with school and other activities.
I found this study very informative and it provides me with more confidence when I speak with parents about their child. Educating families on the importance of healthy sleeping habits can reduce the risk of negative outcomes. With this in mind, I would like to see more studies on this topic conducted with several different ages. In the hope that it could foster a better relationship between teachers, parents and health care